Observation of spatial variability of diurnal thermocline and rain-formed halocline in the western Pacific warm pool

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2529-2538

  Soloviev, Alexander ^a,b   Lukas, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; INTERNAL WAVES; RAIN; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THERMOCLINE; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0030391011     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2529:OOSVOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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